Panama vs Peru: Clientelism Index

Panama

0.596

in 2025

Peru

0.596

in 2025

Panama rank

62nd

Peru rank

62nd

Clientelism Index over time

Panama
Peru

How they compare

Panama currently reports 0.596 against 0.596 in Peru, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 62nd and Peru ranks 62nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Panama
Clientelism Index in Peru
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Clientelism Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 24,366 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Composite index measuring the extent to which politics hinge on clientelistic exchanges of targeted goods, jobs, or cash for electoral support; higher values denote more pervasive clientelism.